Animal Control Officer I

• Patrol an assign geographical area in a light truck observing for violations or respond to incidents.
• Capture both domestic and wild animals, using equipment and methods appropriate for animal abatement and control; may require chasing, climbing fences and crawling under houses.
• Inspect animal facilities to ensure conformance to laws; explain violations and need for correction of such things as poor sanitary conditions, inadequate food and over-crowded conditions.
• Issue citations, licenses, warnings and/or legal notices; enforce licensing laws.
• Assist a Registered Veterinary Technician by prepping and restraining animals for vaccination or euthanasia.
• Assist a veterinarian in a spay and neuter clinic or during euthanasia, as needed.
• Serve as office information officer and radio dispatcher; receive in-person and telephone requests for information and animal control services from citizens and public agencies and dispatch officers to routine incidents, as needed.
• Report to a field command post established to provide extended hours of animal containment, capture and relocation in emergencies such as brush fires, floods or animals loose on public thoroughfares, as needed.
• Testify in court as to facts related to violations of animal control laws, as needed.
• Present departmentally prepared and approved educational programs including tours, lectures, slides and demonstrations at schools and civic meetings, as needed.
• Pick up small dead animals manually and large animals such as horses or cows, using a truck-driven winch and harness, as needed.
• Provide assistance in office operations or in kennels, as needed.

Six months of full-time paid experience at the level of Animal Care Attendant I* in an animal regulatory agency.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Possession of certification indicating successful completion of a department-sponsored training program per California Penal Code Section 832** is required within six months of appointment as a condition of completing probationary status. 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:

*Experience at the level of Animal Care Attendant I refers to training and practical experience in the care of impounded animals; the maintenance and operation of an animal shelter; and enforcement of State, County and City codes and ordinances governing animal control. Performing assigned duties in support for maintaining the various facilities of an animal shelter in a clean, groomed and sanitary condition. They also learn the habits and behavior of various animals, and the methods, procedures, equipment and materials used in receiving, restraining, feeding, caring for, releasing, grooming or dispatching animals.